SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans agree that Seoul should play the role of a “facilitator” to push the stalled nuclear negotiations forward between the United States and North Korea, a survey showed Friday. According to the Nov. 20-21 survey of 1,000 adults by the National Unification Advisory Council, 73.9 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly two-thirds of South Korean manufacturing firms believe that the business environment will not change much under the forthcoming Joe Biden administration in the United States, a poll showed Sunday. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), 65.3 percent of local manufacturers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library and Museum in Seoul on Monday disclosed letters sent between late former President Kim and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden during Kim’s struggle to achieve South Korea’s democracy in the early 1980s. The two letters were disclosed for the first time by the presidential museum [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Koreans believe that there will be no major impact on inter-Korean relations when U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office early next year, a poll showed Monday. In the Realmeter survey of 500 people nationwide, aged 18 or older, conducted last Friday on prospects for Seoul-Pyongyang [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The election of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden would mean a stronger alliance with South Korea and other allies, but tensions with North Korea could escalate because Pyongyang could try to test his administration, experts said Saturday. “I think if Biden is elected, most American allies, including South [...]
WASHINGTON, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit South Korea next week for meetings on women’s education and economic empowerment issues, the White House announced Thursday. Jill Biden will be accompanied by Catherine Russell, ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues, on the trip to Korea, Vietnam and Laos [...]